Brian Prince

A National Security Agency (NSA) program designed to discover security vulnerabilities at critical infrastructure companies is in full swing, according to documents reportedly obtained...

Talk that the Mayan calendar put the end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012, has produced everything from websites touting conspiracy theories to...

Oracle has moved to enhance security in an updated version of the Java Development Kit.

Microsoft fired back at a report of an attack that allows people to track the position of a user's mouse cursor. The situation was...

Facebook has once again updated its privacy controls in the name of simplicity. The changes were announced this week and are expected to roll...

Good news for IT job seekers – in a survey of 1,400 chief information officers from around the country, 17 percent said they plan...

Researchers at EMC's RSA security division say evidence that the Citadel Trojan is slowly being pulled from underground markets continues to pile up.

A security researcher at North Carolina University has found that the app verification service used by Google to determine whether a particular Android application...

Facebook users are being targeted by a Christmas-themed scam that hijacks the reputation of well-known companies such as Walmart, Visa and Best Buy.

Microsoft is planning to release seven security bulletins to close out the year. Five of the bulletins are rated 'Critical', while the other two...

Cybercriminals and the markets they use have changed in 2012, with both tactics for controlling attack campaigns as well as hackers' marketing and sales...

Productivity and IT security are like a couple in a troubled marriage. When things are good, they mesh nicely; when they aren't, the sparks...

New malware targeting Mac users has been discovered on a website associated with the Dalai Lama."Acting on a tip, a member of our Threat...

For years, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has had a thorny issue to contend with – the accuracy and use...

A federal judge in California sentenced two men behind a massive identity theft scheme to 25 years in prison Wednesday.

Entrust introduced new services today with the goal of helping its customers solve common challenges associated with managing digital certificates. The additional services are...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reportedly is taking steps to secure its information after data was stolen from one of its former servers...

Even in the digital age, some criminals are sticking to the less technical, more traditional ways of stealing information. In a new study, insurance...

Officials on Iran's computer emergency response team poured cold water on alerts about a strain of malware security researchers have warned is infecting databases...

Symantec researchers have discovered a piece of malware that leverages Google Docs to communicate with its command-and-control (C&C) server. The malware is a version...